By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina man was arrested on child endangerment and multiple drug charges after an incident in central Salina Thursday afternoon.
Officers were dispatched to a reported accident involving a 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup and a tree in the 500 block of S. Fifth Street at approximately 2:40 p.m. Thursday, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. When they arrived at the scene, the officers were told that the driver had removed a baby carrier from the pickup and fled the scene on foot. Additionally, officer found a handgun on the ground outside the driver’s door of the pickup.
Witnesses told police that the driver fled eastbound. Officers spotted him carrying the baby carrier and running east across S. Fourth Street into the 300 block of Center Street. The subject then ran into the backyard of 310 Center Street and entered a detatched garage, having placed an eight-week-old baby still in the carrier in the backyard of the residence, Forrester said. The baby was not injured, he added.
The subject, identified as Timothy Garcia, 36, of Salina, was arrested as he attempted to walk away from an officer. Officers allegedly found approximately 768 grams of marijuana and 7 grams of cocaine in Garcia's possession. Additionally, an open container of Crown Royal was allegedly found in the pickup.
Forrester said Garcia was arrested on the following requested charges.
●Possession with intent to distribute certain stimulant
●Possession with intent to distribute marijuana
●Criminal trespassing
●Obstruction
●Aggravated child endangerment
●Possession of drug proceeds
●No drug tax stamp
●Possession of a firearm under the influence
●Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
●Possession of marijuana
●Possession of drug paraphernalia
●No seatbelt
●Improper driving on laned roadways
●Transporting an open container
●Duty to report a crash
●No proof of insurance